However, passenger car sales declined 42.2% in January compared with the last month of 2013.
Overall auto sales, including commercial vehicles and buses, increased 15.5% on the year to 4,797 units, but were down 40.6% from a month earlier, the data showed.
Dacia, made locally by French Renault’s unit Dacia Automobile, was the best-traded brand on the local new cars market in January with 1,031 units, followed by Skoda with 426 units and Ford and Volkswagen, each with 409 units.
Romania produced 32,773 vehicles in January, down 6.1% on the year. Exports fell 17.4% to 23,017 vehicles, while imports dropped 38% to 3,759 vehicles.
The country’s auto market declined for the sixth consecutive year to 82,011 units in 2013, hurt by growing demand for used vehicles and a weakening purchasing power.